It was basically the fact that we were going up to him and picking him up the second he would wake up at night. Like, it's a parental instinct, right? Baby wake

It was basically the fact that we were going up to him and picking him up the second he would wake up at night. Like, it's a parental instinct, right? Baby wakes up, so you go up to him to comfort him and help him go to sleep. Which.....sure, works, and is nice, but turns out that he became completely dependent on it, and it was something that the sleep consultant immediately pointed out. The "training" was basically teaching him that yes, he can fall asleep on his own, and no, we won't be there within 60 seconds of him starting to cry. For the first few days we'd just sit next to his bed without picking him up, then next few days sit in his room but further away, then start leaving the room after 10 minutes, then 5, then immediately, and after 2 weeks it broke his association that he can only fall asleep in our arms - and started settling himself to sleep. Every kid is different though, and that's where the consultant comes in - they made a plan specific to our baby, and he was always available on WhatsApp 24/7 to answer any questions we had.